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What’s Up Ohio – Ohio Capital Journal

Catching Our Eye News Roundup, May 13, 2026 May 13, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
13,000 more Ohioans to lose food stamps for not meeting requirements under Trump law May 13, 2026
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on April 30 notified 12,988 people that their federal nutrition assistance will end because they hadn’t complied with new requirements under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The law was passed last summer by congressional Republicans and signed by President Donald Trump. The terminations come after 80,000 […]
Ohio lawmakers consider joining other states to test psychedelic-assisted treatments May 13, 2026
In Ohio and several other states around the country, lawmakers are weighing the potential benefits of a little-known psychedelic drug called ibogaine. Prompted in large part by veterans seeking psychedelic-assisted treatment abroad, Republican lawmakers are looking to research its efficacy in treating post-traumatic stress and opioid addiction. It’s a significant turnaround for a party that […]
Antisemitic incidents nationwide and in Ohio went down last year, according to new report May 13, 2026
The number of antisemitic incidents decreased in Ohio last year, according to a new report. Ohio had 117 antisemitic incidents in 2025 — a decline from 233 in 2024 and 237 in 2023, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Antisemitic incidents were down last year nationally. There were 6,274 antisemitic incidents last year in the United […]
Trump had historical markers ripped down in Ohio and across the country May 13, 2026
When signs went up at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, following the Orwellian executive order issued by Donald Trump last year to sanitize the darker chapters of American history chronicled at more than 400 federal sites across the country, it was government thought-control come to life. The citizenry would align with only politically approved, official truths. […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]

What’s Up In American Politics? – DemocracyNow

Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader May 13, 2026
Salah Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian immigrant, green card holder and president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been locked up in an ICE jail since late March. Despite his lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military […]
Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda" May 13, 2026
As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public oversight is not far behind. As organizer Astra Taylor explains, local fights across the country are leveraging this “industry chokepoint” to force important questions, from the […]
FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr. May 13, 2026
Trump’s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary’s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. “Nobody was happy with what he […]
Headlines for May 13, 2026 May 13, 2026
Pentagon Comptroller Says Cost of Iran War Has Risen to $29 Billion, U.S. Inflation Rate Rose to 3.8% in April, WSJ Receives Subpoenas for Records of Journalists Reporting on Internal Discussions of Iran War, Peace Activists Disrupt Politico Defense Summit, Confronting Iranian Opposition Leader Reza Pahlavi, Israeli Attacks Kill 8 in Lebanon in Latest Breaches […]
I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int'l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek May 12, 2026
“We were hearing, every day, the screams of other Palestinians who were being tortured inside this investigation center.” Spanish citizen Saif Abukeshek, an activist of Palestinian origin, speaks with Democracy Now! about spending 10 days in Israeli detention after he was abducted in international waters. He was among 175 international activists sailing to Gaza as […]
A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act May 12, 2026
We speak with Kristen Clarke, general counsel of the NAACP, about growing threats to democracy in the United States following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Republican lawmakers across the South are responding to the ruling by racing to redraw their congressional maps, which is expected to lead to […]

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